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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1898
Page
6
The text presents a reflective poem praising patience, devotion, and small daily deeds as gifts from God. It speaks of seeking purity of purpose, shaping life into duties, and viewing each hour as a pearl. The speaker entrusts hopes to the Father and the angelic figures of parting and coming year.
In Brown district a measles disruption halted term and Herbert Allen, a young country school teacher, is deemed too young by the school board. After a dramatic turn, director Hathaway relents to keep him through winter. A New York windfall from attorney J W Penniman brings Allen sudden wealth and confidence, and the board reconciles, offering higher pay which he modestly declines while accepting continued teaching. Helen Hathaway’s approving gaze underscores the hopeful finish.
An anecdote from Cassell about a wealthy pawnbroker guest at a great banquet who is pressed to toast. He asks a friend who warns him to avoid “shop” as he would the plague. During his reply he missteps and is humorously silenced by a spectator’s jibe, proving he is checkmated by a pawn.
A Youth's Companion excerpt recounts William Stokes being sent to Dublin during the famine to demonstrate soup making. A starving beggar questions the value of the offered soup, noting it is merely water diluted with tea. The exchange highlights prejudices and the hunger of the time.
Fragmentary item cites Hobbs who makes new resolutions each January first. The Detroit Free Press style line notes self-control as a driver of action and reflects on what was broken in the previous year and its perceived insignificance.
Porter reports Cuba's Porto Rico hearings and a broad sanitation drive in Santiago. Street cleaning, sewer work, and public horsewhipping replaced old practices as Cuban law courts are reorganized and native officials authorized to govern. Internal tax schemes to be prepared for immediate levy.
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